Burnout isn’t just about feeling tired—it’s an emotional, mental, and physical drain that can impact your well-being, relationships, and productivity. For many, burnout often stems from overextending yourself, people-pleasing, and neglecting personal needs in pursuit of goals and managing responsibilities.

Leadership in today’s dynamic workplace requires not only technical expertise but also emotional intelligence, adaptability, and resilience. Mindfulness is a powerful practice that can effectively enhance these qualities and is supported by extensive research.

Studies have shown that mindfulness can improve focus, reduce stress, and lead to better decision-making—which are critical for effective leadership.

People-pleasing can feel like an overwhelming compulsion to prioritize others’ needs, often at the expense of your own. Many of my clients resonate with this behaviour, but I prefer to frame it as self-abandonment, as it involves neglecting your needs to avoid the discomfort of disappointing others.

Understanding and healing from this pattern is crucial for anyone seeking to reclaim their well-being, improve relationships, and cultivate self-worth.

For those of us who have chronic illness, chronic pain or an autoimmune condition, life can simply be an exhausting and isolating experience.

From the day-to-day grind that you’re just trying to get through, to the expectations of others that are far beyond what you can handle, to your own feelings of guilt when you are not living up to your own expectations…..the list goes on and on.

How do you explain that you’re not too busy, that you want to spend time BUT you just don’t have the energy and or you’re so drained that you have to rest from just doing the normal day-to-day stuff?

Building awareness of what is going on inside of you is important for your well-being and is critical to help you better cope with the stressors of day-to-day life and more so if. you are dealing with anxiety, depression, overwhelm, trauma and more.

How many times have you wished you could make your family member, partner or colleague stop treating you the way they do?

So many of us think that setting boundaries are for the other person. As a therapist and a mental wellness coach, many of my clients ask me how they can get people to treat them better or how they can get others to respect their boundaries.

I tell them that they are looking at boundaries incorrectly - Boundaries are for you not them!

Boundaries allow you to create the environment you need - whether mental, emotional or physical, and frees you to live your life on your terms.

As someone who copes with an auto-immune condition, I understand what it is like to live with a chronic illness.

When you are first diagnosed with a long-term health condition, it can be disorienting and overwhelming, As time goes on, we can end up struggling with how best to deal with our condition and the impact it has on our lives.

Learning to cope with the daily stressors of living with your chronic illness also includes learning how to deal with stress and the effects of stress.

Listening to the many self-development podcasts and YouTube videos, we are all being told how important it is to practice gratitude. Why is this so important?

Research has proven that embracing gratitude can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression and can help you create more abundance and joy in your life.

As a Certified Coach, Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Teacher, so many of my clients are looking for joy, peace, and more meaning. I regularly share that practicing gratitude is a technique that takes very little time but the rewards are great!